BigBrother Posted February 23, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 23, 2020 Very simply question, I'm just new to all this stuff- going to wash my shirt, curious what people do in the service with regard to their pins- remove everything and re-attach? These days, do they do dry cleaning and can the metal just hold up? Just have no idea how pins were handled back then, or today, when it was wash day! Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED4 Posted February 23, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 23, 2020 Remove and replace. If you don't the washing machine will but it will not replace them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan H. Posted February 24, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 24, 2020 In military laundries of the WWII period, uniforms were washed in machines- no dry cleaning was offered. Any insignia found on uniforms would be removed and thrown in a large bucket by the soldiers handling the wash. Uniforms were then returned to the soldiers folded in their laundry bags. Nothing was hung up- everything was folded. Any missing insignia was the responsibility of the soldier to replace at his own expense, so the soldier would make sure that he got everything removed before it went to the Quartermaster Laundry. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted February 25, 2020 In military laundries of the WWII period, uniforms were washed in machines- no dry cleaning was offered. Any insignia found on uniforms would be removed and thrown in a large bucket by the soldiers handling the wash. Uniforms were then returned to the soldiers folded in their laundry bags. Nothing was hung up- everything was folded. Any missing insignia was the responsibility of the soldier to replace at his own expense, so the soldier would make sure that he got everything removed before it went to the Quartermaster Laundry. Allan Very useful (and informative!) Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 26, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 26, 2020 Just to show you how far it could be taken, in the 30s in Hawaii, and Panama soldiers wore after a certain point Khaki coats, here they had ther shoulder patch and sometimes sleeve ranks applied to the uniform coat by male and female snaps, and in other more rarer case by plates and cotter pins, to remove every time the coat had to be laundered. this same method was used in India and China during WWII with Khaki Bush Jackets of the English type. Here on example of a 30s solduer of the Hawaii based 41st Coast Artillery Regiment, Hawaiian Separate Coastal Artillery Brigade. See how his Brigade patch is not flat to the cloth, not flush, that's because it's not sewn to coat but snapped to shoulder area, the one set of snaps are sewn directly to the shoulder area with the other set sewn to the rear of the patch, his ranks seem to sewn on, which is odd given these were wool, and might get damaged or shrink too like the shoulder patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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